A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has hit Afghanistan, becoming the third earthquake in a week.
The death toll from the initial quake on Monday has risen to at least 2,200 people, with thousands more injured.
Rescue and aid operations are facing major ongoing challenges, with landslides blocking access to sites.
This week
On Sunday around midnight (local time), a 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s east. The death toll from this earthquake has continued to climb.
Aftershocks were felt throughout the area, reaching 150km away in the country’s capital, Kabul.
On Tuesday, a second 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit the same area that had been impacted by the first earthquake.
Then on Thursday, the country was hit by a third, 6.2 magnitude earthquake.
According to numbers cited by the UN, 2,205 people have been killed and 3,640 people injured this week.
More than 6,000 homes have been destroyed, with at least 84,000 people impacted by the concurrent earthquakes.
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Aid
The Taliban-run Government has called on the international community to provide aid.
International funding to Afghanistan has fallen since the Taliban took control in 2021.
The Australian Government announced this week it will provide $1 million in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan.
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the earthquake has “exacerbated the dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, with almost half the population already in desperate need.”
Support from the Federal Government will be directed through the UN’s Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, to ensure aid reaches those in need, “and not the Taliban regime,” Wong said.
The EU, UK, India and Iran have also pledged assistance.
